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1960s languages ↑
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ABL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Information Retrieval   ⊕ Italy   Language manipulation of files 
ACT II    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Experimental and other ⊕ Generalised programming   ⊕ United States   Autocode Coding system 
ALERT    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Algebraic   ⊕ United States   IR language 
Algol 205    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ United States   Algol for the Burroughs 205 
ALGOL 30    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ United States   Dartmouth Algol 
ALPHA    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Algebraic   ⊕ United States   HLL for STRETCH-HARVEST 
ANATRAN    1960     ⊕ United States   Hybrid simulation and control language 
AP3    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Fortran I-III Coeval   ⊕ France   autocode for GAMMA 60  
API    1960     ⊕ United States    
APL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Array   ⊕ United States   Array-centered programing language 
APS III    1960   ⊕ Generalised programming   ⊕ United States    
APT    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Non-numerical Scientific ⊕ Algebraic   ⊕ United States   Polish notation algebraic language 
AUTOAPT    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Numerical Control   ⊕ United States    
Automatic network calculation    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Flowcharts   ⊕ Germany   Flowchart input language 
Autostat    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Statistical   ⊕ United Kingdom   Statistical Programming Language 
Basic COBOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United States   Minimum required BASIC from 1960 Standard 
BEFAP    1960   ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Bell labs macroassembler 
BELFAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   FAP with extensive macro facilities 
BLESSED    1960   ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   Burroughs assembler 
BRLESC Instruction Code     1960   ⊕ Initial orders   ⊕ United States   Initial orders for the BRLESC computer 
Brooker/Morris syntax language    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United Kingdom   Phrase structure language to create MERCURY Autocode 
BSS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Intermediate languages and VMs   ⊕ United States   Relocatable binary form output from FORTRAN 
CL-I    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States   Compiler generator language 
COBOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United States   COmmon Business Oriented Language 
COBOL Narrator    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United States   RCA COBOL 
Commercial Compiler    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United States   Bendix commercial compiler 
CONTRANS    1960     ⊕ United States    
DAC    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ On-Line ⊕ Arithmetic   ⊕ United States   Initial Culler system 
DECAL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Other Algol 60s   ⊕ United States   DEC simplified Algol 
Decision Making    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Decision tables   ⊕ United States   Declarative language 
DETAB-X    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Decision tables   ⊕ United States   Decision table-aware dialect of COBOL 
DPS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Other DPLs   ⊕ United States   IBM data processing system for STRETCH 
Easicode    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Early Autocodes   ⊕ United Kingdom   Autocode for the DEUCE 
EASY    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Honeywell macro-assembler 
EASYCODER    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United States   Automatic code generator from template cards 
Elliott ALGOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ United Kingdom   Hoare's seminal ALGOL 60 
Elliott Autocode    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Early Autocodes   ⊕ United Kingdom   Elliott Brothers Autocoder 
Elliotts    1960   ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United Kingdom   Commercial Autocode from Elliot Bros 
EMAL assembly    1960     ⊕ Poland    
EMIDEC Business System    1960     ⊕ United Kingdom   Business autocode for the EMIDEC computers 
Evans's Decision Table Language    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Decision tables   ⊕ United States    
Fact Compiler Language    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Flat DB   ⊕ United States   Restricted ENglish querying language 
FARGO    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Report Generators   ⊕ United States   Report generation package for the IBM 1401 
File Maintenance and Report/File Writing    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Report Generators   ⊕ United States   Early IBM Data processing language 
FLEX    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Intermediate languages and VMs   ⊕ United States   Intermediate language for the ALA system 
Floyd - Evans language    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ String and List Processing ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States   Symbolic manipulation language 
FMS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   FORTRAN Macroassembler System 
FORAST    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Fortran I-III Coeval   ⊕ United States   Formula and Assembly Translator 
FRAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   PDP-1 assembler 
GAR    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Macro assembler  
GATE    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Internal Translators   ⊕ United States   Generalized Algebraic Translator Extended 
GECL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ High-level Autocoders   ⊕ United States   General Electric Common Language 
GECOM    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United States   GE Hybrid language system  
GIER Algol    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ Denmark   Naur's seminal ALGOL 60 
Glennie syntax language    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States   Syntax-directed UNCOL compiler 
GOOFUS    1960     ⊕ United States    
GOTRAN    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Fortran I-III Variants   ⊕ United States   Load-and-go FORTRAN 
ICT COBOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL-60   ⊕ United Kingdom   Basic COBOL 60 from ICT 
INFRAL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Ad hoc query languages   ⊕ United States   Information retrieval language 
INTERPROGRAM    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Autocode Coeval   ⊕ Australia   English-language interpreter 
IOCS    1960     ⊕ United States    
IPL-VI    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ String and List Processing ⊕ List   ⊕ United States   Information Processing Language v6 
Irons syntax language    1960   ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States    
ISOPAR    1960   ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States    
IVY    1960     ⊕ United States    
JBL-4    1960   ⊕ High-level Autocoders   ⊕ United States   Johnniac Bureau Language 
JOVIAL J2    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Jovials   ⊕ United States   JOVIAL version 2 
Kiev Automatic Programming System    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Kiev languages   ⊕ Russian Federation   Kiev Autocoder 
KLIPA    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ Autocode Coeval   ⊕ Poland   Russian symbolic translator  
LARC Scientific Compiler    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Fortran I-III Variants   ⊕ United States   Fortran for the LARC 
LOGALGOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ Austria   Set-based ALGOL variant from IBM Vienna 
LORBS    1960        
MADCAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Multiline   ⊕ United States   Two dimensional maths and set language 
MAGNET    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Optimisation and LP   ⊕ United States   Linear programming with matrix capabilities 
Manchester Autocode    1960   ⊕ Early Autocodes   ⊕ United Kingdom    
MAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Macro Assembly Program 
MAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   MOBIDIC Assembler Program 
MCP    1960     ⊕ United States    
Mercury Programming System    1960     ⊕ United States   Realtime programming system for the Mercury Spaceflights 
Meta    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States   Syntax-directed compiler 
Metropolitan Univac Compiler    1960   ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United States    
MIDAS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ String and List Processing ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Assembler with macro and string processing capabilities 
MOBL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Macros   ⊕ United States   Macro Oriented Business Language 
Moscow Automatic Translation System    1960   ⊕ Moscow languages   ⊕ Russian Federation   Russian HL Autocoder 
MPL    1960   ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ United States   Programming language for the M9 language experimental system 
MUSIC III    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Sound-Performance   ⊕ United States   Musical composition language 
MUSP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Statistical   ⊕ United States   Multivariate Statistical Package 
NEAT    1960   ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United States   NCR's Autocoder 
NEBULA    1960   ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United Kingdom   Ferranti business autocode 
NUIT    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Low-level Autocoders   ⊕ United States   NWU IT 
NUMERIC    1960   ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ Japan   Automatic programming language 
OMNIFORM    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Columnar sheets   ⊕ United States   NBS analysis system 
OPAL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Flat DB   ⊕ United Kingdom   CEIR data processing language 
OPUS    1960   ⊕ Low-level Autocoders   ⊕ United States   TRW optimised autocoder 
PAS    1960     ⊕ France    
PASCAL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Macroassemblers   ⊕ Netherlands   Macro-assembler for Philips computer 
PENNCODE    1960   ⊕ Low-level Autocoders   ⊕ United States   Penn State autocoder 
PK-MAD    1960   ⊕ IAL Coeval   ⊕ United States   Debugging MAD dialect 
Program PRORAB    1960   ⊕ Algebraic   ⊕ Russian Federation   Universal algebraic system 
Protosynthex    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Ad hoc query languages   ⊕ United States   Querying system for English test 
RAMAC    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   Symbolic Assembly Program for IBM RAMAC  
RegneCentralen ALGOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True ALGOL60s   ⊕ Denmark   Danish family of Algol 60 languages 
Rothamsted autocode    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Early Autocodes   ⊕ United Kingdom   Analytical and statistical autocode 
ROVER    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Other DPLs   ⊕ United States   Heuristic querying language 
SAFARI    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   TRW space Interactive assembler 
SAKO    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ Fortran I-III Coeval   ⊕ Poland   Polish Automatic Coder  
SCP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   One-to-one compiler for symbolic address  
SHADOW III    1960   ⊕ Grammar and Syntax-oriented   ⊕ United States   Syntax-driven compiler 
SIMPAC    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Activity scanning   ⊕ United States   Initial, exploratory version at SDC 
SLANG    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Multi-purpose ⊕ True Algol58s   ⊕ United States   Compiler compiler system 
slip    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ Denmark   Macro assembler for GIER computer 
SML    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Experimental and other ⊕ Lazy Evaluation LISPs   ⊕ United States   Symbol language 
SOS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   SHARE Assembler 
STRAP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   STRetch Assembly Program 
STRAP I    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   assembler for IBM 7030/709 
SUBALGOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Numerical Scientific ⊕ True Algol58s   ⊕ United States   Stanford extensions to BALGOL 
SUPERTASS    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   Autocoder for G-20 
SYNTOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Specialised Languages ⊕ Description languages   ⊕ France   French IR language 
TABSOL    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Decision tables   ⊕ United States   Tabular systems language 
TAPTAC    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Excluded from Sammet ⊕ Symbolic assemblers   ⊕ United States   Super-TAP for Philco 
TECO    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ String and List Processing ⊕ Lines   ⊕ United States   Text Editor and COrrector - Macro language 
The Oracle    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ On-Line ⊕ Ad hoc query languages   ⊕ United States   Early QA system 
TIDE    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ COBOL coeval   ⊕ United States   English commercial autocode 
TRIE    1960     ⊕ United States    
VIP    1960   ↓ ↑ ⊕ Business Data Processing ⊕ Other DPLs   ⊕ United States   Irregular informaiton language 
Vleduts and Finn organic chemistry language    1960   ⊕ Chemical formula languages   ⊕ United States